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AI Models Get Brain Rot, Too

2 months 1 week ago

A new study shows that feeding large language models low-quality, high-engagement content from social media lowers their cognitive abilities.

Will Knight

Instagram rolls out custom icons…but only for teens

2 months 1 week ago

Instagram introduced custom app icons for its teen accounts, but not everyone is thrilled. In replies to the company’s post on X, users criticized the feature for being age-gated, arguing that adults like personalization, too.

Sarah Perez

The Long Tail of the AWS Outage

2 months 1 week ago

Experts say outages like the one that Amazon experienced this week are almost inevitable given the complexity and scale of cloud technology—but the duration serves as a warning.

Lily Hay Newman